2001 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
large luxury car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 2000-02 models built after January 2000
Tested vehicle: 2001 Mercedes-Benz E 430 4-door
The Mercedes E class was redesigned for the 1996 model year.
All 1997 and later E class models manufactured after January 1997 include structural changes to improve occupant protection in frontal crashes. Additional structural changes were made beginning with 2000 E class models manufactured after January 2000 (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.
Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.
A strong safety cage helped keep the tire out of the driver footwell area, maintaining the integrity of the occupant compartment. Crumpled structure in front of the occupant compartment indicates where the crash energy was absorbed.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF00027 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 13 |
| Left (cm) | 11 |
| Center (cm) | 14 |
| Right (cm) | 9 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 8 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 2 |
| Right (cm) | 1 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 5 |
| Rearward (cm) | -4 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 1 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF00027 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 206 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | negligible |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.8 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 40 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.53 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 28 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 6.1 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 4.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 11 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.69 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.70 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.4 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 99 |
| Right | 77 |